TAYLOR Swift is about to drop her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl and launch herself into a new era of her career.

But as her fans will know, Miss Swift is a student of the minutiae, so here is every detail you need about the launch of the album, which will soundtrack our Fall.

When is Taylor Swift's new album released?

The award-winning, record-breaking artist will be releasing her latest album this week.

The The Life of a Showgirl drops on October 3 and it is almost guaranteed to go to number one globally.

The album will be released at 9pm PT on Thursday October 2 or 12am ET on Friday October 3.

For UK Swifties they'll have to wait until 5am on Friday October 3 to get their hands on the highly anticipated album.

At that time, fans will be able to stream the album on

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